1996

Richie Sambora bagged himself another tasty looking signature this year, in the form of the Japanese built Black Paisley Strat, a limited edition model that's highly sought after today.

Elsewhere, Fender launched the Lone Star Strat, which took the American Standard and added a humbucker at the bridge and a pair of Texas Special single coils into the equation – an winning formula that's still in production at Fender today as the Lone Star Deluxe.